quinnat salmon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quinnat salmon
1820–30; quinnat < Lower Chinook i-kwanat
Example Sentences
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The quinnat salmon ranges along practically the entire Pacific Coast of North America north of Mexico, entering all suitable streams.
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The great majority of the quinnat salmon and nearly all blue-back salmon enter the rivers in the spring.
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The quinnat salmon, from its great size and abundance, is more valuable than all other fishes on our Pacific coast together.
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A considerable number of quinnat salmon run in August and September, and some stragglers even later; these now are all which keep up the supply of fish in the river.
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It should be placed on a stream where the quinnat salmon actually come to spawn.
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